Similar to testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test-driving a number of mechanical heart valves ...

Dr. Mohammadi also says while mechanical heart valve replacements have long been in use, the long-standing challenge has been to perfect the technology for the smallest hearts—tiny infants.

Dr. Mohammadi also says while mechanical heart valve replacements have long been in use, the long-standing challenge has been to perfect the technology for the smallest hearts -- tiny infants.

Dr. Mohammadi also says while mechanical heart valve replacements have long been in use, the long-standing challenge has been to perfect the technology for the smallest hearts - tiny infants.

Doctors at Children's National Hospital performed Preston's surgery. An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living donor ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of ...

A study led by the University of Bristol, Bristol, England, has found that mechanical heart valves provide better long-term survival than biological heart valves in patients aged 50-70 years.

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of ...

excluding those with mechanical heart valves. Patients with AF associated with mechanical heart valves and moderate to severe mitral stenosis are advised to stick with warfarin. For some patients ...

The cardiac surgery team at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital has become the first in the world to replace an artificial heart valve with a live tissue valve through a partial ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (7News) — An 11-year-old Maryland boy is making medical history after becoming the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living valve from ...

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. For years, Mertz, a great-grandmother from Essex ...